Chapter 6, Problem 11PT

To determine

To calculate:Tofind how many centimeters tall is the scale drawing

Answer to Problem 11PT

The scale drawing is $8$ centimeters long.

Explanation of Solution

Given information:A scale drawing of a house that is $12$ meters tall is being drawn with a scale of $2$ centimeters $=3$ meters

Calculation:

Given the scale as

$2centimeter=3meter$

Thus,

$\begin{array}{l}3meter=2centimeter\\ 1meter=\frac{2}{3}centimeter\\ 12meter=\frac{2}{3}\times 12centimeter\end{array}$

On solving the above,

$\begin{array}{l}12meter=\frac{2\times 4}{1}centimeter\\ 12meter=8centimeter\end{array}$

Hence, the scale drawing is $8$ centimeters long.